>>399204>I asked ai and it told me the scowler is usually a manager there to make sure the actual workers don't slack or overportion ingredients.that makes a lot of sense, honestly. in that in pretty much every industry there's pretty much some kind of semi-redundant management role that only exist to ensure staff compliance and discipline. I only bring the father side into it because of my second trip to singapore I when to one of the local markets and there was an old chinese guy scowling at the guy running the wok at his stall I had dinner at. I asked the younger guy if he's okay with that guy just staring at him all the time and he, is a suprised voice answered "that's my dad" and it turned out it's been like that in their family for the last 3 generations.
>Makes you wonder if that's the owner of the stall (in which case you'd think he'd be helping out instead of just standing there given it's a small operation and doing work yourself saves money) or if there are like street food vendor moguls who own a multitude of stalls and franchise them out to the dalits but dispatch managers to make sure they do what they're supposed to.I'd say there's about a 50/50 of that being the case. on a trip to vanuatu, I ended up learning a lot of the road stall are owned by professional landords, then rented to local women, who pay rent to then, but are also only allowed to sell specific products approved by the landlord and exclusively bought from and supplied by the landlord. I mean I love capitalism, but even I don't fully approve of blatant lease entrapment and forced exclusive supply agreement. in india, from that I heard, some stall function on a system where an investor will front up some of the cost to help you start a stall, but they'll ride your arse like they stole it until they get their money in full plus a hefty interest payment. so I can see creditors hiring a scowler to keep an eye in them.
>Wouldn't it be fucked up if all these stalls are actually being run by a pretty wealthy individual who just can't be bothered to send them gloves etc?I wouldn't put past them. if private equity firms suddenly found out, health violation fines were cheaper than gloves and regular cleaning and they could save on operating costs, they wouldn't hesitate.
